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Chapter 9: Q4CQ (page 402)

A scientifically untrained but curious friend asks, "When I walk into a room, is there a chance that all the air will be on the other side?" How do you answer this question?

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One present only one microstate, mathematically it is one of infinity.

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microstates

Microstate is a term that describes the microscopic properties of a thermodynamic system

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show, thatis there a chance that all the air will be on the other side?

Although it is theoretically possible, it is borderline non-realistic, so it is ought to be dismissed.

Of the infinitive microstates that air molecules can have in that room, this one present only one microstate, mathematically it is one of infinity.

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